RE: global warming.
So many people are crying global warming about this *specific* event that I'm sick of seeing it.
This is NOT caused by global warming but more appropriately, our sun has had the lowest solar activity that our population has recorded (or ever seen) and this is the effect. Our sun goes through a cyclic pattern that affects our weather and environment tremendously (you can research this) which may, in fact, possibly even cause a minor ice age.
I am not saying global warming isn't real, I've written research papers for Chemistry on it in college, focusing on emissions and bonding (or lack there of). But it's not as big of a cause for catastrophe as is being subject to a greater and volatile solar system/galaxy/universe, which could - for all intents and purposes, eradicate the entire planet on a whim.
http://www.space.com/23934-weak-sola...e-weather.html